Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-08-11
TUTTLE's RECORD.
What General Farrar Knows About
the Warriors Career in
the South.
Planters and Buyers Summariiy ar
rested and Released bya Camp
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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 23.-Gen. Bernard
q. Farrar, of this city, relieved Gen, J.
Nj. Tuttle of his command of the depart
ment of Natchez by order of Gen. Slo-
cum in the winter of 1864. I'm an inter
view to-day Gen. Farrar gave some in
sight into the record which Tuttle made
for himself. The General said: ''I com.
manded Missouri regiment, and was
in command ofFOrt Mcpherson, at Nat.
chez. The air at the time was filled with
rumors of cottonjjobbing, and Tuttle's
name was unpleasantly mentioned.
Some time in the winter of 1864, if my
memory is right, Maj. Gen. Slocum
came to my headquarters at Ft. McPher-
son. He referred to the cotton scan-
dals, and said that he could no longer
tolerate Tuttle in command of the de-
partment. After some futher conversa-
ton between us he said he intended tn
remove Tuttle that night, and appoint
me to the command of the department.
Soon after Gen. Slocum left an order was
promulgated relieving Tuttle and ap-
pointing me to the department COM
mand. Soon after / assumed command
Tuttle left for the North. About twen-
ty minutes after the north-bound New
Orleans boat had left with Tuttle on
board, the guard reported to me that a
landau that was confiscated from plan
ter some time before, and was used at
department headquarters, was missing.
The landau was a very valuable one,
perhaps the finest manufactured at the
time. 1t was fully worth 1000. l in
stantly notified Gen. Slocum, and he
ordered a gunboat to pursue the New
Orleans boat up the river and recover
the landau. The gunboat caught up
with the messenger boat at Vicksburg,
overhauled it, and recovered the Ian
dau. 1t was returned to NatcheZ, and
| used it while was in command of the
department, and turned 1t over to my
successor, Gen. Gavison, of the regular
armyu
"Did the affair create much scan
dal,n
"Yes, indeed; and it was the talk of
larly luscious morsel for the rebels. The
Natchez people seemed never to tire of
talking of it, and they pointed many
morals from the incident. OF course our
people were shocked, and endeavored to
keep the matter as secret as possible but
in spite of our efforts it leaked out.
When | was appointed to the command
of the department the cotton scandals
were so great that Gen. Slocum ordered
me to make an Investigation, and re-
port upon Gen. Tuttle's administration
of the department. With assistance oi
the provost marshal l made the inves-
tigation, and submitted report to Gen.
Slocum. Soon after the report was
made General Tuttle was permitted to
resign"
"What did your ivestigation reveal?''
swell, very little that was creditable
to Gen. Tuttle. We discovered that cot
ton-planters and cotton-buyers were ar
bitrarily arrested by order of Gen. Tut
tie, confined in the county Jail at Nat
chez then under charge of the military,
and as summarily released in certain
instances after short confinement. We
discovered that there was a certain fell
low at the time who claimed to be a
lawyer and to have the ear of Gen. Tut
tie at all times. This fellow was from
st. Louis, and if my memory serves me
right, his name was Hart, He was a
constant companion of Gen. Tuttle,
and hung around the Generals head
quarters. We examined several cotton
men who were summarilly arrested
without warrant of law and each of them
testified that he had paid sums running
into the thousands to the st. Louis law
yer. The total amount thus paid, so
far as we could discover, was $74, 1000.
OF course, none of this money found?)
its way into the pockets of Gen. Tuttle,
but the man Hart told the victims that
he could aOork Gen. Tattle, and with this
understanding they paid their NOR
ey."
"Was it the impression at the time
that General Tuttle left the army vol
untarily?"
mo. 1t was looked upon at the time
as great outrage that he was permit
ted to resign."
"Do you think, on the whole, that
Gen. Tuttle is the proper man to voice
the sentiments of the surviving veter-
:tas of the Union aamy?n
II do not. I don't think that Tuttle
would ever have been elected to an Off
eial position in the Grand Army organi-
cation if his record was known. Fur
thermore, 1 don't think that he should
be permitted to attend the Grand Ar
my encampment. He insulted the
President of the United States, and un-
less the Grand Array repudiates him
the organization will suffer in public es-
tinaation. l think it is only proper that
the Grand Army men should under
stand what kind of man Tuttle is or
rather was when I knew him. / am
a Grand Army man myself, but l be-
lieve that Tuttle was guilty of an infer
nal outrage when he objected to the
presence Of the President of the United
States at the National Encampment. 1
am certain also that Tuttle only spoke
for himself and perhaps a few cranks
when he intimated that the President
would be insulted if he attended the en-
Iknow that the Grand Ar
my men would not insult the President
Of the United States, and am willing
to bet that Tuttle has onlya very small
following in the Grand Army. 1t is
Just such fellows as Tuttie that prevent
the sections from coming completely to-
gether. No Union man who entered
The army with patriotic purpose and
left 1t with q good, clean record can be
tound bowling at rebels and traitors at
this day"
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